Personal History: Maura White grew up in a sleepy beach town in Southern California back when there WERE sleepy beach towns. When she married her husband, a Marine, they moved quite a bit and have lived many places, including Asia. Every place they moved they would look at farms and land, looking forward to the day they could buy a farm.

Current Projects: Our farm is a work in progress, which all farmers will tell you is the case, because the to-do list is NEVER done.

Other Fun Facts: Maura is an artist, her husband is an engineer. One of Maura's brothers likened them to the TV show Darma and Greg. If you want a good laugh, it would be watching them have a conversation while they are trying to come to an agreement. He wants everything logical and orderly and she wants to paint everything with lots of color and/or put in stained glass windows or mosaics. Oil and water don’t mix, but sure make a great dressing! And that’s how they look at it: they make a great team.

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